oil cake

noun

1. a cake or mass of linseed, cottonseed, soybean, or the like, from which the oil has been extracted or expressed, used as food for livestock.

oil cake

noun

1. stock feed consisting of compressed cubes made from the residue of the crushed seeds of oil-bearing crops such as linseed

Word History and Origins

Origin of oil cake¹

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

Chocolate cake, olive oil cake, polenta cake, banana cake, white cake, chiffon cake, pound cake, almond cake . . . you get the idea.

From Salon

This olive oil pound cake works for dessert and breakfast, which means a world exists where you could eat only olive oil cake for twelve hours.

From Salon

I think just about everything Charlie Dunmire and her staff at Georgetown cake shop Deep Sea Sugar & Salt does is magic, but I especially loved the grapefruit olive oil cake from last February.

From Seattle Times

Most of the olive oil cakes I bake are whisked together, one-bowl affairs.

From New York Times

We ordered an Ontario rhubarb terrine with camelina oil cake and goat yogurt mousse, and it was simply divine and perfectly balanced.

From Salon